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On 05/11/2009 13:03, Dave Korn wrote:
>>    %PATHEXT%
>    Ah, but that doesn't have ".sys".  Doh.

And it does have a lot of extensions that are NOT PE/COFF executables 
(e.g. .bat).

>    Wonder if there's a more complete list in the registry somewhere.

I think the only reliable way will be to detect .sys and friends 
manually. :-(

In the meantime, should this change be reverted?


Yaakov

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